Journey to Enlightenment Part 01

SR No.: 006996
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chitrabhanu, Chetana Catherine Florida, Nirmala Hanke, Raksha Penni Helsene
Publisher: Create Space
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 142
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 4 MB

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will spoil his life. His money will take him down. But, if he has good guidance, with his money and time, he can lift himself and others as well. In the same way you are blessed with your senses, a beautiful reasoning mind, and the enthusiasm to seek the truth. These are all gifts. You are well equipped; nothing is lacking in you. Whatever you need is stored in your laboratory. You have to just discover it. When an astronaut goes to the moon, everything is arranged for him in the spaceship. You are like the spaceship. Everything you need is there; you only have to know where it is. Don't doubt yourself. Don't say, "Nothing is in me.” Why do we have so much faith in a spaceship and so little in ourselves? Life has provided us with everything we need. So we go with faith in ourselves – not in anything outside.
Guidance
If you have this kind of confidence, then all you need is a guide; someone who can point out that whatever you need is within you. Sometimes we make mistakes and need someone to help us. Once I came upon my great uncle who was exhausting himself searching the whole house for something. I asked him what he was looking for. He answered, “my glasses". I said, “They are on your forehead!” “Oh,” he said, “I forgot”. In life also you need someone to point towards the thing for which you are searching, to remind you that what you seek is within.
Without the proper guidance, we might misuse our gifts and channel our energies downward. To focus our energy upward, it is essential to find a positive, enlightened, and sincere guide, someone without the smallest trace of negativity, one who does not believe in anything destructive. His/her affirmative thinking, balanced life and experience, help his/her friends move in a positive direction. When we get that kind of guidance, we are very fortunate. It is easy to follow any teacher but very difficult to find a Master - a guide or guru who is enlightened. When we find one, we are truly a blessed disciple, because there is no fear of failing or losing track. The master will always lift the student up again, help him/her to rethink, to come to the right thinking. This is important because the thought process that we use is an instrument for transcending. You see; you behave, you live according to your thought. You need positive thinking for what you want to become. Thought is not a cause for being, but it is instrumental to becoming.
Meditation
Many people say there is no need to think. They are confused - rather, there are two phases to thinking. When you are in deep meditation, you leave your thoughts on the surface; but when you return to the surface, you use the energy and power of meditation to enlighten your thought. You throw a light on that thought so the thought will shine.
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